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i have an old schwinn sierra MOS (oh yea, rollin' low-class baby that
got me around in college that i've dug back out to start getting my
widening ass back into shape. the shifter compoenents are shimano exage
400lx (at least the front). the index shifter for the front derailluer
only shifts over 2 of the three front sprockets. it won't move the
derailluer to the large sprocket. feels like it doesn't catch some
toggle in the lever area... on a rare occasion, it will snag something
inside the lever and move the final part of the range. i'm wondering two
things..
a) is it worthwhile to tear apart and try to fix it? or will i likely
make matters worse?
b) if the answer to a is 'no,' anyone have a suggestion of a suitable
replacement? if so, i will probably want to replace BOTH shifters. the
rear is a 7-gear sprocket set but the only ones i could find these days
handle 9-sprocket cassettes.
c) yay, i'm kinda stupid.. can you use a 9-gear cassette shifter with a
7-gear cassette?
it's been a while since i paid attention to these kinda things.. i'd
appreciate any/all assistance.
thx,
-r
got me around in college that i've dug back out to start getting my
widening ass back into shape. the shifter compoenents are shimano exage
400lx (at least the front). the index shifter for the front derailluer
only shifts over 2 of the three front sprockets. it won't move the
derailluer to the large sprocket. feels like it doesn't catch some
toggle in the lever area... on a rare occasion, it will snag something
inside the lever and move the final part of the range. i'm wondering two
things..
a) is it worthwhile to tear apart and try to fix it? or will i likely
make matters worse?
b) if the answer to a is 'no,' anyone have a suggestion of a suitable
replacement? if so, i will probably want to replace BOTH shifters. the
rear is a 7-gear sprocket set but the only ones i could find these days
handle 9-sprocket cassettes.
c) yay, i'm kinda stupid.. can you use a 9-gear cassette shifter with a
7-gear cassette?
it's been a while since i paid attention to these kinda things.. i'd
appreciate any/all assistance.
thx,
-r